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Jurjen Smies

@clogsoveralabama.bsky.social
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Originally from the Netherlands, now hip-deep in the Dirty South. Historian, former UN staff member and Dutch army sergeant, socially liberal, dyed-in-the-wool skeptic and atheist, coffee enthusiast, decent cook. (He/him/his)

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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 41m
#CluesBySam - Sep 30th 2026 (Medium) Less than 7 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 1h
I resent living in a time and place where I have to hear about the existence of people like Benny Johnson, Riley Gaines, and a myriad of other talentless should-be nonentities.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 17h
🛰️ Satle #355 2/6 🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca I should have guessed Germany in the first place.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 17h
#CluesBySam - Sep 29th 2026 (Medium) 03:21 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 28th 2026 (Easy) 03:36 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #337 3/6 🟥🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca I thought the obelisk was the landmark, but it's the market.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 27th 2026 (Brutal) 04:03 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #384 3/6 🟥🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #312 1/6 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca This would have taken me a lot more guesses if the Greco-Roman archaeological sites I thought of first had been in the city options.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 26th 2026 (Hard) 02:48 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Is it a peculiarly BlueSky for people to ask "how is [Bad Thing] possible?" and then treat an explanation as if it were an endorsement of that Bad Thing?
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 25th 2026 (Hard) Less than 10 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Oooh, slow going today.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #247 3/6 🟥🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 24th 2026 (Tricky) 03:25 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Observing a vehicle pass my house, with the oversized sub-woofer positively rattling every panel, and rather wishing the whole thing the whole cast would just shake itself to pieces. On the next block.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #354 1/6 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca This one was fairly obvious.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 23rd 2026 (Medium) Less than 7 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Garrett M. Graff @vermontgmg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
So much of what we’re living through right now, from Trump to AI, feels like it’s driven by an explicit strategy of “we just do the crimes so quickly that we can’t be stopped and by the time the courts weigh in, they have no choice but to accept our crimes.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/it-s-the-a...
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It's the accountability, stupid.
Doing crime
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 22nd 2026 (Medium) 04:40 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 21st 2026 (Easy) 03:26 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Yeah, that was easy.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #269 2/6 🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca Bit of luck, bit of good measuring...
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #277 2/6 🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca I'm embarrassed that I didn't get this on the first guess, but in my defense, I've never seen the building from above.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #265 4/6 🟥🟥🟥🟩⬜️⬜️ satle.ca Tough one.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #342 3/6 🟥🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca Don't be fooled by all the sand before it zooms out.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 18th 2026 (Hard) Less than 13 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slow but steady, shall we say?
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I'm hardly the first to observe that there is a disconnect between prevalence of crime, and the public perception thereof. But it can be utterly staggering to see quite how strong it can be. I've lived in Montgomery, AL for a little over eight years. Steven Reed, the city's first Black mayor, [...]
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #329 3/6 🟥🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca Looking at Google Maps, the place does not look like that anymore!
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #345 2/6 🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca Getting the right continent on the first guess helped.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 16th 2026 (Tricky) 06:00 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #255 2/6 🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca I should have gone with my first thought.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #278 3/6 🟥🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 14th 2026 (Easy) 03:34 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #351 2/6 🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #287 3/6 🟥🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca SE Asian architecture, sure. But there's a lot of places in SE Asia...
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 12th 2026 (Hard) 05:03 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 10th 2026 (Tricky) 04:36 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #364 1/6 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca That one was obvious.
satle.ca
Satle - A daily geography puzzle
Satle is a Wordle-like geography game where you have 6 tries to guess the city based on satellite images. A new puzzle is available each day.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 9th 2026 (Tricky) 05:11 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #333 2/6 🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca
satle.ca
Satle - A daily geography puzzle
Satle is a Wordle-like geography game where you have 6 tries to guess the city based on satellite images. A new puzzle is available each day.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 8th 2026 (Medium) Less than 8 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #256 3/6 🟥🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca Southern hemisphere and they drive on the left. That narrows it down to South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, I think.
satle.ca
Satle - A daily geography puzzle
Satle is a Wordle-like geography game where you have 6 tries to guess the city based on satellite images. A new puzzle is available each day.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 7th 2026 (Easy) 05:29 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 6th 2026 (Hard) Less than 13 minutes 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 Slow going for me, but I got there without missteps.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #373 1/6 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca If you can recognize Frank Gehry's style of architecture, a little research will take care of this one.
satle.ca
Satle - A daily geography puzzle
Satle is a Wordle-like geography game where you have 6 tries to guess the city based on satellite images. A new puzzle is available each day.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 5th 2026 (Hard) 05:31 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #250 3/6 🟥🟥🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca
satle.ca
Satle - A daily geography puzzle
Satle is a Wordle-like geography game where you have 6 tries to guess the city based on satellite images. A new puzzle is available each day.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#CluesBySam - Sep 3rd 2026 (Tricky) 03:20 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩 These things go a lot faster *after* the coffee has a chance to kick in.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #254 4/6 🟥🟥🟥🟩⬜️⬜️ satle.ca Very much trying to figure out distances today.
satle.ca
Satle - A daily geography puzzle
Satle is a Wordle-like geography game where you have 6 tries to guess the city based on satellite images. A new puzzle is available each day.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🛰️ Satle #309 1/6 🟩⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ satle.ca I've been there twice, so that was easy for me.
satle.ca
Satle - A daily geography puzzle
Satle is a Wordle-like geography game where you have 6 tries to guess the city based on satellite images. A new puzzle is available each day.
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Jurjen Smies @clogsoveralabama.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I'm going to go on a wee bit of a rant here about immigration. Pictured: Milo Yiannopoulos on "Piers Morgan Uncensored," a title that contains a lie by implying that Morgan might ever endure actual censorship. One talentless British right-wing prick hosting another. 1/🧵
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